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Iolanda Rabascall

    The Longest Ride
    I Can Read! - 1: Fancy Nancy and the Boy from Paris
    Une seconde chance
    • Une seconde chance

      Que reste-t-il de nos amours passés? - Roman

      • 366pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Alors que leur dernière année universitaire touche à sa fin, Amanda et Dawson, unis par un amour sans limite, ne s'imaginent pas vivre l'un sans l'autre. De milieux sociaux très différents, ils luttent contre les préjugés de la petite ville d'Oriental en Caroline du Nord. Mais des événements imprévus vont les amener à emprunter des chemins radicalement différents. Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, Dawson vit seul tandis qu'Amanda est mariée et mère de trois enfants. À l'occasion des funérailles d'un ami commun, ils se retrouvent et découvrent que la passion qui les a unis est restée ancrée au plus profond d'eux-mêmes. Ils vont ainsi devoir comprendre leurs choix passés pour répondre à la question qui les hante : l'amour peut-il renaître de ses cendres ?

      Une seconde chance
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    • The Longest Ride

      • 416pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      A remarkable story of everlasting love, about two couples whose lives intersect in profound and surprising ways, in the tradition of Nicholas Sparks's beloved #1 New York Times bestselling first novel, The Notebook . Ira Levinson is in trouble. Ninety-one years old and stranded and injured after a car crash, he struggles to retain consciousness until a blurry image materializes beside him: his beloved wife Ruth, who passed away nine years ago. Urging him to hang on, she forces him to remain alert by recounting the stories of their lifetime together—how they met, the precious paintings they collected together, the dark days of WWII and its effect on them and their families. Ira knows that Ruth can't possibly be in the car with him, but he clings to her words and his memories, reliving the sorrows and everyday joys that defined their marriage. A few miles away, at a local bull-riding event, a Wake Forest College senior's life is about to change. Recovering from a recent break-up, Sophia Danko meets a young cowboy named Luke, who bears little resemblance to the privileged frat boys she has encountered at school. Through Luke, Sophia is introduced to a world in which the stakes of survival and success, ruin and reward—even life and death—loom large in everyday life. As she and Luke fall in love, Sophia finds herself imagining a future far removed from her plans—a future that Luke has the power to rewrite...if the secret he's keeping doesn't destroy it first. Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples who have little in common, and who are separated by years and experience. Yet their lives will converge with unexpected poignancy, reminding us all that even the most difficult decisions can yield extraordinary journeys: beyond despair, beyond death, to the farthest reaches of the human heart.

      The Longest Ride
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